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Brotherton Collection1
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midwifery14
pregnancy complications8
genital diseases, female3
paediatrics3
obstetrics2
pregnancy2
labour complications1
lecture notes1
medicine, magic, mystic, and spagiric1
nursing1

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Burns, John (1774-1850)2
Barlow, James1
Blundell, James (1790-1878)1
Collins, Robert (1801-1868)1
Denman, Thomas (1733-1815)1
Ehrenreich, Barbara1
English, Deirdre1
Guy'S Hospital1
Haighton, John (1755-1823)1
Hey, William (1736-1819)1

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Notebooks of case histories in obstetrics

Hey, William (1736-1819)

May 1759-Nov 1807

The 10 manuscript notebooks contain descriptions of obstetrics patient cases that William Hey I attended through his private medical and midwifery practice. Each case includes information about the pa...

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Pathological Museum Catalogue. System: Midwifery

c.1902

Manuscript volume containing descriptions of specimens, with catalogue reference numbers. Section catalogue code: H. Specimens are numbered 1-132. Contents page in the front of the volume, and ther...

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Lectures on midwifery, delivered by Thomas Young

Tatham, James (fl1822)

n.d. [c.1756-c.1783]

Manuscript volume of 50 lectures on midwifery delivered by Thomas Young, Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, and transcribed by James Tatham (fl.1760-fl.1822), a Leeds surgeon-apoth...

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Witches, midwives and nurses : a history of women healers

Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre

1974

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An introduction to the practice of midwifery

Denman, Thomas (1733-1815); Waller, Charles (1802-1862)

1832

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A syllabus of the lectures on midwifery delivered at Guy's Hospital and at Dr. Lowder's and Dr. Haighton's theatre

Haighton, John (1755-1823); Guy's Hospital

1811

Syllabus interleaved with manuscript notes of the lectures.

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Lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery

Lee, Robert (1793-1877)

1844

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